Rocking-horse



W. DICKINSON.

ROCKING HORSE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20, 1919.

1,348,785. Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

A TTORNE Y8 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM moxlnsomor sroKANE, WASHINGTON.

ROCKING-HORSE.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, WILLIAM DICKINSON, a citizen of Canada, havingdeclared my intention to become a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington,have invented a new and Improved Rocking-Horse, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to furniture, and has for an object toprovide an article of furniture for the use of children.

The nature and objects of the invention will be more fully set forth inthe following specification and illustrated inthe accompanying drawingsforming part thereof, in which Figure l is a side View of an attachableseat and hobbyhorse;

Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof;

' Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 4, looking inthe direction of the arrow; and

Fig. 4 is a side View of the rockingchair with the hobbyhorse attachedthereto.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, a chair 1 has an armformed to provide a small seat for a child, the seat being so positionedupon the arm that there will be no undue interference with the comfortof the child sitting in the chair. Preferably the seat is madedetachable in order that when not in use it may be removed, and in theillustrated embodiment the seat is made entirely separate from, and asan attachment to be applied to, the chair; and accordingly 7 it may beapplied to any suitable chair and sold as a separate article offurniture.

As shown, the attachment consists of a board 2 which is hollowed, asindicated at 3, 3 in Fig. 2, to provide a narrow portion, thus forming acomfortable seat 4: for a child. Forward of the seat and within convenient reach is positioned an upright 5 formed to simulate a horseshead. Projecting laterally from opposite sides of the upright a crossbar6 provides a handhold within convenient reach of the seat 4 and forwardthereof. In the embodiment illustrated, the seat is so positioned uponthe chair arm that-forward of the seat is forward of the chair.Obviously, the seat may be reversed so that forward of the seat isrearward of the chair.

In order to provide a convenient means I Specification of LettersPatent.Patented Aug, 3 192() Application filed February 20, 1919. Serial No;278,108.

for securing'the attachment to a chair, a clamp is provided which isformed to securely clamp the arm of a chair. The clamp shown consists ofan arm 7 rigidly secured, as bymeans'of a screw 8, to the seatandformed'to extend parallelthereto and approximately to the center of theseat. A clamping screw 9 is threaded through the end of the arm andpreferably is provided 'with a washer to engage beneath the arm of thechair.

In order to protect the furniture to which is )rovided on the underfaceof the seat.

l-Iaving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

1. As an article of manufacture, an attachment comprising a board shapedto provide a seat, an upright formed to simulate a horses head securedto said board forwardly of said seat, and a clamp extending beneath saidboard to attach the same to the arm of a chair, consisting of an armextending beneath and parallel to said board but spaced therefrom and aclamp screw threaded through the end of said arm.

2. As an article of manufacture, an attachment comprising a seat, anupright formed to simulate a horses head forwardly of said seat, anda'clamp extending laterally from the side of said seat to secure saidseat to the arm of a chair.

3. As an article of manufacture, an attachment comprising a board shapedto provide a seat, an upright formed to simulate the head of a horsesecured to said board forwardly of said seat, a handhold projecting fromsaid upright, and a clamp to attach said board to the arm of a chair,comprising an arm extending beneath and parallel to said board, and aclamp screw threaded through the end of said arm beneath the center ofsaid board.

i. The combination with an arm chair of an attachment secured to the armthereof, comprising a board shaped to provide a seat, an upright formedto simulate the head of a horse and a clamp extending laterally from theside of said seat beneath the arm of said chair securing said attachmentto the arm of the chair.

5. As an article of manufacture, an arm chair having an attachment forthe arm thereof formed to provide a childs seat,

the attachment is applied, a fabric facing 10 "and suiiporting thereon ahandheld posi tioned to 'be grasped by a child sitting on said seat.

, I 6. A rockingchair "having" an arin pro vided with an attachmentformed to pro- .vide a small seat, an upright secured to the attachmentforward of said seat, and a crossbar securedto said upright "-to' pro-*vide a 'handhold within convenient reach from said seat,substantially'as described. 7'. Arockingchair havingra'narm to which gissecured an attachment providing a seat, an upright secured .to:sa1d arm;centrally laterally thereof and forward of the'seat,

providinga handhold Withinv convenient reach of said seat;

8. A rockingchair having an attachment to simulate a horses head.

' 9. A rockingchair having an attachment fofthe arm thereof formed toprovide'a seat, and an uprightsecured to said attachment centrallylaterally thereof and for- Ward of the seat, said upright being formedto simulatea horses head andhaving handholds projecting laterally from 7said upright.

WILLIAM; momnson;

